Mas de Libian - Khayyam 2020
Mas de Libian is located in Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche on the right bank of the Rhône , in Ardèche . It has belonged to the Thibon family since 1670, a family estate passed down from generation to generation. The 25-hectares of vines have always been worked organically, and the vineyard is certified biodynamic . The property also consists of 8 hectares of olive trees, cereals, hay, garden, bees... Since September 2016, Aurélien, the son of one of the current owners, has also settled in Libya.
Khayyâm is a cuvée that pays homage to Omar Khayyâm, a Persian poet and mathematician who wrote several poems celebrating wine and women. It is a blend of Grenache (75%), Mourvèdre (15%) and Syrah (10%) . The harvest is entirely manual with strict sorting on the plot. During vinification, the Grenache and Mourvèdre bunches are scraped and lightly crushed and the Syrah is vinified in whole bunches, not crushed. The blending of the grape varieties is done in the vat, the maceration lasts 15 days, with some punching down. The wine is then pressed and aged for 9 months, in tuns for 50% of the wine .
Grapes: 75% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah